Tucker Carlson’s chilling new Kyle Rittenhouse video ‘shows BLM protester fire FIRST’, suspect’s lawyer claims
NEWLY released footage from the night teenager Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators during heated protests in Kenosha could support the claim that he acted in self-defense.
The clip, provided by a nonprofit organization affiliated with the 17-year-old's defense attorney, aired Tuesday on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
faces several felony charges including intentional homicide, possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, and reckless endangerment.
"His attorneys argue that Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense," Carlson said.
"Prosecutors in Wisconsin charged him with first-degree murder," said, "but what is the truth about what happened that night?"
That's when Rittenhouse fires a single shot, striking the man in the chest.
President last month, claiming that the teenage gunman would "probably would have been killed" had he not shot two protesters dead.
Trump claimed the teen had been "violently attacked" and was trying to evade his assailants.
"You saw the same tape as I saw and he was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like and he fell and then they very violently attacked him," he said.
Rittenhouse's lawyer has made similar claims, blaming the before the fatal shooting.